"Bar Month" at OnMilwaukee.com – brought to you by Hornitos, OR-G, Party Armor, Red Stag, Absolut, Fireball and Malibu – is back for another round! The whole month of February, we're serving up intoxicatingly fun articles on bars and clubs – including guides, the latest trends, bar reviews and more. Grab a designated driver and dive in!

The votes are in and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best: Bars & Clubs, 2012. Find readers' results in 50 categories, including an editors' pick, in this series of articles that run daily in the Bars and Clubs section of OnMilwaukee.com.

It was a close race this year, but the Safe House has stolen Water Street's top bar cred from longstanding champ Trinity Three Irish Pubs.

This not-so-secret Milwaukee watering hole has been serving cold beer, strong mixers and clandestine concoctions like the famous Spy's Demise in its tucked-away corner off Front Street  for generations. Situated just off Water Street, the Safe House has welcomed friendly agents from all corners of the world, including a number of famous faces – many of whom graciously left celebrity mementos.

Trinity put up a good fight, but OnMilwaukee.com readers clearly love an undercover underdog. If you think this will loosen the lips of the "International Exports, Ltd." staff, though – nice try.

OnMilwaukee.com editors' pick: Rumpus Room

Runners-up:

2. Trinity Three Irish Pubs
3. Rumpus Room
4. The Harp
5. Red Rock Saloon
6. Fitzgibbons
7. Bar Louie
tie. Rock Bottom Brewery
9. Duke's on Water
10. AJ Bombers
11. McGillycuddy's
tie. Rosie's Waterworks
13. Rogues Gallery
14. Bar None
15. Coyote Ugly